Slouching toward mayhem
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff By their nature, apocalypse movies are unsubtle. Regardless of the trappings, every film in the genre follows the same basic narrative arc: one day things are normal, the next...
Tagged: racism
Idaho Freedom Foundation quietly hired alt-right propagandist to help shape messaging
By Daniel Walters InvestigateWest This story was first published by InvestigateWest on Dec. 11, 2023. In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Va., then-talk radio host...
Let’s talk about vampires
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff I blame Twilight on the Puritans. Vampires have featured in American culture and media for centuries, but never more so than in the past 50 years, with smash-hits like...
Let freedom read! 2023 Banned Books Week: Oct. 1 – 7
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff By now our community is far too familiar with the words “banned books.” North Idaho’s libraries are battlegrounds where a few attempt to limit the personal freedom of the...
A touring band confronts racism in Sandpoint
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the San Francisco-based band Afrolicious were looking for something to eat before their Aug. 3 show at The Hive. After setting up at the venue, they decided...
Video of racial harassment prompts arrest
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A video of a North Idaho man shouting racial slurs at a Spokane church youth group in Coeur d’Alene is making the rounds on social media. The video, obtained...
Suspected racist CD distributor appears to be responsible for robocalls in California
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The man suspected by Sandpoint Police for distributing racist propaganda late last year appears to be responsible for racist and anti-Semitic robocalls in California this month....
Human rights organizations condemn fliers
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff The Bonner County Human Rights Task Force condemned the ongoing distribution of racist fliers Wednesday, calling the community to action against bigotry. In a press conference, the task force...
Rep. Scott sparks renewed controversy with post re-defining white nationalism
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, is once again courting controversy after sharing an article on Facebook defending white nationalism. A response to the violent clashes in Charlottesville that left one...
Whitefish residents brace for white nationalist march
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Just across state lines, residents of Whitefish, Mont., are mobilizing against a possible armed demonstration by white nationalists. The small ski town, a familiar setting to any Sandpoint resident,...
